Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd
Palm oil assessment- Latest update: November 2020
- Next scheduled: November 2025
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Parent company:Rimbunan Hijau Group
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Landbank (oil palm)83,483 hectares
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Market cap:109,562,556 USD
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Thomson Reuters ticker:JTIA.KL
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Bloomberg ticker:JT MK
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Sedol:6825531
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RSPO member?No
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Other initiatives:Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO)
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Activities:Oil palm cultivation, milling
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Locations:Malaysia (Sarawak)
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Headquarters:Malaysia
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Related companies:Jaya Tiasa Holdings is a subsidiary of the Rimbunan Hijau (RH) Group.
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Parent website:
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Website:
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Company assessment: Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd – November 2018
Assessment date:
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Sustainability policy and leadership0.5 / 6 8.3%
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1. Sustainable palm oil policy or commitment for all its operations?
The company has announced its commitment to Wilmar's NDPE policy, but does not have a policy of its own.
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0 / 1
2. Policy or commitment applies to direct and third-party suppliers?
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0 / 1
3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?
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0 / 1
4. Sustainability report published within last two years?
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0 / 1
5. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to improve sustainability in relation to palm oil?
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6. Verification report on compliance with POIG Charter, if a POIG member?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
7. Activities with government, NGOs or academic institutions to improve palm oil sustainability?
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Landbank, maps and traceability4 / 13 30.8%
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8. Total land area managed/controlled for oil palm (ha)?
83483
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9. Total oil palm planted area (ha)?
69589
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0 / 1
10. Plasma/scheme smallholders planted area (ha)?
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11. Unplanted (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?
0 - Total area is 83,483 ha. Estimated plantable area is 69,589 ha. 83,483-69,589 = 13,894 unplanted area. It is assumed that since plantable area is equivalent to planted area, no more land of current plantations will be planted but it is unclear what estimated plantable area means.
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0 / 1
12. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?
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0 / 1
13. Area for infrastructure (ha)?
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14. Number and names of company owned mills?
4
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0 / 1
15. Maps or coordinates of company owned mills?
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16. Number and names of supplier mills?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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17. Maps of estates/management units?
Some of the company's maps are available on Global Forest Watch.
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0 / 1
18. Maps of scheme/plasma smallholders?
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19. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to mill level?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
20. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to plantation level?
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21. Percentage of supply traceable to mill level (above 80%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 2
22. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from own mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
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23. Percentage of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from supplier mills traceable to plantation level (above 75%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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Deforestation and biodiversity0 / 10 0%
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24. Commitment to zero deforestation?
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0 / 1
25. Deforestation commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
26. Criteria for defining deforestation?
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0 / 1
27. Evidence of monitoring deforestation?
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0 / 1
28. Examples of habitat management and/or habitat restoration?
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0 / 1
29. Implementing a landscape-level approach to biodiversity conservation?
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0 / 1
30. Commitment to biodiversity conservation?
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0 / 1
31. Commitment to not endanger species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?
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0 / 1
32. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?
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0 / 1
33. Examples of species conservation activities?
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HCV, HCS and impact assessments0 / 11 0%
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0 / 1
34. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?
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0 / 1
35. HCV commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
36. Commitment to only use licensed High Conservation Value (HCV) assessors accredited by the HCV Resource Network's Assessor Licensing Scheme (ALS)?
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0 / 1
37. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for planting undertaken prior to January 2015, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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38. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments for all estates planted since January 2015?
The company reported a planted area of 69,054 ha in 2015, and 69,589 ha in 2018, indicating 535 ha of new planting.
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0 / 1
39. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans for all estates planted since January 2015?
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0 / 1
40. Satisfactory review of all High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments undertaken since January 2015 by the HCV ALS Quality Panel?
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0 / 1
41. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?
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0 / 1
42. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments?
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0 / 1
43. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?
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0 / 1
44. Social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?
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Peat, fire and GHG emissions4 / 15 26.7%
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45. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?
The company states it will not continue planting on its existing remaining peat landbank and adopts Wilmar's Integrated Policy of no development on peat land as one of Wilmar's suppliers.
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0 / 1
46. Peat commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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47. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?
The company commits to best management practices for existing plantations on peat, but does not have a commitment for soils.
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48. Landbank or planted area on peat?
0.4% - 0.4% of the Group's total plantable landbank as of December 2015 was on peatland and the company stated it would not continue to plant on remaining peat land bank after December 2015.
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0 / 1
49. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?
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50. Commitment to zero burning?
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0 / 1
51. Zero burning commitment applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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52. Evidence of management and monitoring fires?
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0 / 1
53. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates?
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0 / 1
54. Details/number of hotspots/fires within surrounding landscape/smallholders?
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55. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity?
The company only has a vague commitment to reduce general greeenhouse gas emissions.
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0 / 1
56. GHG emissions from land use change?
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0 / 1
57. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?
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0 / 1
58. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions intensity?
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0 / 1
59. Percentage of mills with methane capture (100%)?
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Water, chemical and pest management2.5 / 12 20.8%
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0 / 1
60. Time-bound commitment to improve water use per tonne of FFB Processed?
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0 / 1
61. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
62. Progress towards commitment on water use?
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0 / 1
63. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD and COD)?
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0 / 1
64. Protection of natural waterways through buffer zones?
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65. Evidence of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
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66. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
The company only mentions that it reduces the use of chemical pesticides.
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0 / 1
67. No use of paraquat?
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0 / 1
68. No use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?
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0 / 1
69. No use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?
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70. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?
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0 / 1
71. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?
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Community, land and labour rights5.5 / 19.5 28.2%
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72. Commitment to human rights, referencing the UN Declaration of Human Rights or UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights?
The company respects human rights but does not reference the UN declaration or UN Guiding Principles.
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0 / 1
73. Commitment to human rights applies to scheme smallholders and independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
74. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?
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0 / 1
75. Commitment to respect indigenous and local communities' rights, referencing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or ILO 169?
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0 / 1
76. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?
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0 / 1
77. FPIC commitment applies to independent suppliers?
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0 / 1
78. Details of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?
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0 / 1
79. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?
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0 / 1
80. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?
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81. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?
The company states it supports local communities to ensure their basic needs are attended to, but does not provide specific examples.
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82. Commitment to respect all workers' rights?
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83. Reference to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?
The company refers to freedom of association, collective bargaining, no forced labour, no child labour and no discrimination, but does not commit to minimum age or equal remuneration.
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84. Total number of employees?
7100 - Approximate employee number for whole company not just palm oil operations.
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0 / 1
85. Percentage or number of temporary employees?
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86. Percentage or number of women employees?
2 - The company only gives the number of female directors.
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0 / 1
87. Commitment to pay minimum wage?
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88. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?
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0 / 1
89. Time lost due to work-based injuries?
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0 / 1
90. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?
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91. Provision of personal protective equipment and pesticide training?
The company commits to providing PPE, and reports on pesticide training taking place.
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Certification standards1 / 14.5 6.9%
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0 / 1
92. Member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)?
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0 / 0.5
93. Submitted most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
94. Listed all countries and regions in which operates in most recent RSPO Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP)?
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0 / 0.5
95. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of estates within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of estates?
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0 / 0.5
96. Time-bound plan for achieving 100% RSPO certification of scheme/associated smallholders within 5 years or achieved 100% RSPO-certification of scheme/associated smallholders?
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97. Year expected to achieve 100% RSPO certification of all palm product processing facilities?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 0.5
98. RSPO-certified within three years of joining the RSPO or by November 2010, for companies joining prior to finalisation of the RSPO certification systems in November 2007?
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0 / 2
99. Percentage of mills RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
100. Percentage of area (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
101. Percentage of scheme/associated smallholders (ha) RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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0 / 2
102. Percentage of FFB supply (tonnes) from independent FFB suppliers that is RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
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103. Percentage of all palm oil and oil palm products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that are RSPO-certified (above 75%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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0 / 1
104. Sells or processes/trades RSPO-certified palm oil through Segregated or Identity Preserved supply chains?
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105. Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certified (100%)?
This indicator is disabled as it is not applicable to this company.
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106. Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certified?
Two of the company's operations are MSPO-certified.
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0 / 1
107. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme (e.g. ISCC, SAN, RSB, etc.)?
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Smallholders and suppliers0 / 7 0%
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0 / 1
108. Programme to support scheme smallholders?
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0 / 1
109. Number or percentage of scheme smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
110. Programme to support independent smallholders?
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0 / 1
111. Number or percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?
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0 / 1
112. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?
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0 / 1
113. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?
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0 / 1
114. Percentage of suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company requirements?
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Governance and grievances1.5 / 6 25%
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115. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?
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116. Whistleblowing procedure?
The company has a whistleblowing policy, but the procedure is not detailed.
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0 / 1
117. Own grievance or complaints system?
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0 / 1
118. Grievance or complaints system is accessible to internal and external stakeholders?
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0 / 2
119. Details of grievances disclosed?
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SPOTT scores are based on the presence of external evidence made available by the company or third-parties.
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No date
undated Environment webpage
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2015
Commitment to Wilmar policy
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August 2018
4th Quarter Corporate Presentation
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No date
Global Forest Watch - Oil Palm Concessions
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2017
4th Quarter Corporate Presentation
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2015
Jaya Tiasa Annual Report
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2017
Annual Report
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March 2014
Fire fighting training news
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March 2012
Jaya Tiasaâs Subsidiaries sign Agreements on Biogas CDM Project
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2016
Good Social Practices Policy
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2015
Health, Safety and Environment Policy Statement
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June 2017
Seminar on pesticides
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May 2018
MSPO Certified Growers list
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No date
Code of Conduct and Ethics
Media monitor: Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd
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September 2018
The Final Countdown: Now or never to reform the palm oil industry
January 2016
Palm oil co suspends forest conversion to comply with Wilmar's zero deforestation policy
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Media monitor: Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd
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